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suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Dispite the fact that i don't drink much these days, i recived several bottles of spirits fom the family on xmas day. I guess i need to update them on my current drinking habits!A..."
I might just do that Suzy...there's gotta be somewhere near me that does accept these sort of 'gifts' *Hic!*
theDuke wrote: "Many happy returns Mr GG!
And yes..had me sister down for a couple of days, which made a change, as it's normally just the two of us. But i'm happy it's done and dusted..all back to normal..again!"
Cheers, Duke :)
And yes..had me sister down for a couple of days, which made a change, as it's normally just the two of us. But i'm happy it's done and dusted..all back to normal..again!"
Cheers, Duke :)
Awww ;o> ..."Love is ... celebrating your Birthday on the day that your Wife thinks it is"
! ... ;o>
I honestly don't know quite where my Head is right now?
I mean I do obviously know that it's gone New Year and that it is January - but my Head isn't really connecting and getting into gear with it yet?
I think that I'd better get my 2019 Calendar out and start filling it in and see if that helps?!!
Any chance you could work it so that you get two birthdays out of Mrs Grizzly's absent mindedness? ;o)
theDuke wrote: "I might just do that Suzy...there's gotta be somewhere near me that does accept these sort of 'gifts' *Hic!*"Do ring ahead though, Duke, as I'm not sure if they are allowed to accept if you just walk into your nearest local Charity Shop and try to donate any Alcohol over the Shop Counter to them?
We take our unwanted Bottles of Booze to drop off at the Admin Offices or into the Reception Areas of the Charities that we support - and they are always very grateful and delighted to take them off our Hands ;o>
Isabella wrote: "Any chance you could work it so that you get two birthdays out of Mrs Grizzly's absent mindedness? ;o)"
I was just thinking along those lines myself, Isabella, but I know where that would lead ........ "You've already had one Birthday this year!!" :)
And after the year when Mrs Grizzly totally forgot (which became MY fault, obviously) ...... no, it's the quiet life for me, thanks :)
I was just thinking along those lines myself, Isabella, but I know where that would lead ........ "You've already had one Birthday this year!!" :)
And after the year when Mrs Grizzly totally forgot (which became MY fault, obviously) ...... no, it's the quiet life for me, thanks :)
HA HA HA HA HA!!! ... have you all seen the new TV Advert for 'More Than Pet Insurance'?!! ... I just have and it really cracked me up! ;o> ...https://abancommercials.com/uk-ad/118...
I heard it on the telly a bit earlier while I was in the kitchen elbow deep in washing up. Just had a look at that link and it is quite amusing :)
I was thinking that you could buy your Phoebe a Harmonica? - so that, as well as stomping off upstairs to your Bedroom every time that you have visitors round, she could also play the Blues as well! ;o>
Can you imagine? - you are all sat around downstairs swapping chat and drinking Coffee ... and from upstairs comes the faint yet persistent and mournful wail of a Harmonica playing "Show Me The Way To Go Home" ... LOL!!! ;o>
Harmonica?
Surely you mean the mouse organ? :)
Surely you mean the mouse organ? :)
LOL!!! ;o>Actually, I quite fancy having a go on a Cat Organ ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEHi...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Awww ;o> ..."Love is ... celebrating your Birthday on the day that your Wife thinks it is"
! ... ;o>"
But i expect there would be hell to pay if Grizzly forgets their wedding day though! Women...you lot never play fair!!! :p
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I might just do that Suzy...there's gotta be somewhere near me that does accept these sort of 'gifts' *Hic!*"Do ring ahead though, Duke, as I'm not sure if they are allowed to acc..."
Yeh..i kinda thought that the idea of just walking into my local branches of charities and handing over a bottle of an highly alcoholic spirit, might not be typically expected.
"Hi...i got this for you, any local alcoholics you know of, in need of a top up?!"
I see if there is a more appropriate way of donating booze, me thinks.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "LOL!!! ;o>Actually, I quite fancy having a go on a Cat Organ ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEHi..."
Have you seen Nora's latest masterpiece, yet? That's some talented moggy! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT6...
"Actually, I quite fancy having a go on a Cat Organ ..."yeah, but i imagine that's gonna put you on some kind of register!
boom
theDuke wrote: "Women...you lot never play fair!!! :p"OY?!! - all of us good 'uns do!!! ... and it's always been completely the other way around in my own personal experience - LOL!!! ;o>
theDuke wrote: "Have you seen Nora's latest masterpiece, yet? That's some talented moggy! :)"It is rather wonderful, isn't it?!! ;o>
It must have been quite a challenge for the Orchestra to stay serious and focussed throughout - LOL!!!
Tech wrote: "yeah, but i imagine that's gonna put you on some kind of register!boom"
! ... and I'm thinking of calling you Basil Brush in future! ... Boom!-Boom! ;o>
theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Awww ;o> ...
"Love is ... celebrating your Birthday on the day that your Wife thinks it is"
! ... ;o>"
But i expect there would be hell to pay if Grizzly forgets their wed..."
In fairness, Mrs Grizzly hasn't got that wrong for the past five years.
The previous thirteen?
I'm saying nothing :)
"Love is ... celebrating your Birthday on the day that your Wife thinks it is"
! ... ;o>"
But i expect there would be hell to pay if Grizzly forgets their wed..."
In fairness, Mrs Grizzly hasn't got that wrong for the past five years.
The previous thirteen?
I'm saying nothing :)
There speaks a very wise Man ;o>A wise Man who also keeps on with nervously looking over his Shoulder whilst quickly typing out all of his Posts! ... but nevertheless ... still a very wise Man indeed! ;o>
We have had our first tiny Crocus bloom on the Lawn of the Back Garden today - and an even tinier single Snowdrop show itself in the Flowerbed at the Front of the House ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "There speaks a very wise Man ;o>
A wise Man who also keeps on with nervously looking over his Shoulder whilst quickly typing out all of his Posts! ... but nevertheless ... still a very wise Man in..."
Whaddaya mean?
I get Mrs Grizzly to check for spelling mistakes before posting, and to make sure I've got the facts right :)
Some of our Daffodils are shooting up well in the front garden, probably won't be long before they start blooming.
A wise Man who also keeps on with nervously looking over his Shoulder whilst quickly typing out all of his Posts! ... but nevertheless ... still a very wise Man in..."
Whaddaya mean?
I get Mrs Grizzly to check for spelling mistakes before posting, and to make sure I've got the facts right :)
Some of our Daffodils are shooting up well in the front garden, probably won't be long before they start blooming.
Marvellous isn't it? - these little miracles of life suddenly just popping up out of seemingly nowhere even though the Weather has turned so much colder this week ;o>
If you are on your way out? ... here's wishing you an easy Shift and safe journeys ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "We have had our first tiny Crocus bloom on the Lawn of the Back Garden today - and an even tinier single Snowdrop show itself in the Flowerbed at the Front of the House ;o>"The minature Pembrokeshire daffs, have begun to sprout out of the ground...they tend to bloom earlier than the bigger ones do...but no snowdrops yet though.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Have you seen Nora's latest masterpiece, yet? That's some talented moggy! :)"It is rather wonderful, isn't it?!! ;o>
It must have been quite a challenge for the Orchestra to stay..."
Amazing how the orchestra followed Nora's notes throughout...given that cats have no concept of music! I expect Nora just liked the vibrations on the keys, given how she was rubbing her little head on the ivories! :) Cute!
Twelfth Night will be on Monday in our House! ;o>Mum is only up to halfway through the making of an epic Trifle-to-trump-all-Trifles and I could quite happily leave the Trees and Lights up until Summer if M&D would ever allow for it ... and so we have all compromised on deciding that Monday Night is to be Twelfth Night this year ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Twelfth Night will be on Monday in our House! ;o>
Mum is only up to halfway through the making of an epic Trifle-to-trump-all-Trifles and I could quite happily leave the Trees and Lights up until ..."
Is that trifle ready yet?
And, are you taking down the tree and decorations before you sample the trifle? :)
Mum is only up to halfway through the making of an epic Trifle-to-trump-all-Trifles and I could quite happily leave the Trees and Lights up until ..."
Is that trifle ready yet?
And, are you taking down the tree and decorations before you sample the trifle? :)
Yes, the Jelly has set, and the Custard has been made, has cooled and been layered on - it just needs the Cream whipping and spreading over the top. Sadly, we won't be enjoying it after having a proper sit-down meal tonight though. The painful and cruel reality of living with someone with Dementia is that they can often be persistently unpleasant, uncooperative with loved ones and prone to temper tantrums. My Dad has been increasingly agitating and simmering away all through Christmas and so my Mum and me have been ever so carefully walking on Eggshells around him for weeks now.
Today though everything pretty much blew up from first thing this morning and it has been an extremely long and absolutely exhausting day of continually trying to contain and defuse his spontaneous nonstop explosive rages.
To all our relief, he has just stomped off and put himself to Bed - however it means the plan to have a lovely quiet and cosy family meal together is obviously not going happen now. My poor Mum has been through more than enough today, and I've had to try and keep up with the tidying up all of the messes he has been making and am now in far too much pain to cope with cooking anything, so I'm going to order us both a nice Takeaway to share with a couple (or more!) of very large and very welcome Port & Lemons instead!
It's unfortunately not exactly been the easiest or the best start to the New Year - but we still miraculously have our darling Tia with us, and she is still doing really well too, so I feel we really have been very blessed indeed ;o>
HA HA HA HA HA!!! - I bet you wish you hadn't asked now - LOL!!! ;o>It's just been one of those days today - and a nice Takeaway, a treat of our current favourite tipples, some decent TV, and a bit of a laugh over a lovely cuddle with our adorable little hairy woofers will soon cheer us up and set us right again ;o>
Suzy, if you haven't reached this stage of dementia with your pops yet, then I hope you never experience the accusations of stealing from him. This is so hurtful, unjust and leads to arguments galore. A truly dreadful disease that impacts on those closest to the sufferer deeply. I wish you well in coping with it.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "HA HA HA HA HA!!! - I bet you wish you hadn't asked now - LOL!!! ;o>
It's just been one of those days today - and a nice Takeaway, a treat of our current favourite tipples, some decent TV, and a b..."
Well, not quite the answer I was expecting!
Hope you all have a better day today :)
It's just been one of those days today - and a nice Takeaway, a treat of our current favourite tipples, some decent TV, and a b..."
Well, not quite the answer I was expecting!
Hope you all have a better day today :)
Ohhh P? ... x ... you poor, poor love! ... x ;o<No, I just continually get the angry silent treatment - I think he's probably only actually spoken more than one word (yes or no) to me about 5 or 6 times over the last year and that's very sadly how it's been between us for about 5 years now. He has always been a rather difficult and an extremely challenging man and sadly the Heart Attacks and then several Strokes have all contributed to him mentally turning in on himself and suffering now from the effects of Oxygen Deprivation and Brain Damage.
He suddenly decides he wants to do something, start doing it in the most elaborately disorganised, confused and chaotic way, and then he will simply wander off and starts doing something else completely different in another Room - and it was just utter chaos here with both the Christmas Trees, the tangled strings of Lights, and the Cards all scattered about everywhere yesterday.
If you dare to try to help or to surreptitiously try to make things tidier or safer he instantly gets defensive and you get yelled at and called all sorts of nasty stuff. The rest of the time he just wanders around in a world of his own seemingly not noticing or listening to anything or anyone and almost obsessively carrying around and filling in the latest Newspaper Crossword. And he has to always have a Teaspoon in his Pocket for some reason? - he never actually uses it for anything but he just has to have one.
He's very quiet today and is currently off out with my Mum - she takes him shopping and leaves him all set up in the Café with a Coffee and a couple of Newspapers while she pretty much has to race all around the Store to get done. He isn't a typical Dementia sufferer - it is far more issues with confused logic and personality changes with him. He may wander off to the Loo or decide to do some shopping too and then she has to try and find him but he won't ever wander out of the Store or forget who he is.
I don't want to put my Mum into a position where she ever feels like she has to choose between being out with Dad or with me or trying to cope with us both - and so I stay here and she takes him out every day instead. It's a rather sad situation, but it is what is, and we try to make the best of it.
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Well, not quite the answer I was expecting!Hope you all have a better day today :) "
It's all quiet again today - with the prospect of Trifle for Tea ;o>
What an awful situation. Until I read your last post I was wondering about possible respite care for your dad for a couple of weeks, but it sounds as though it wouldn’t be suitable for his particular condition. I’m so sorry for you and your mum, specially given your own physical problems.
I will be making a cottage pie later, when Phoebe decides to get off my shoulder - she used to like curling up round my neck or even trying to roll upside down without falling off, but stopped doing it. Now, all of a sudden, she has taken to jumping on my shoulder but not curling up, instead sitting bolt upright.
I'm sure she thinks she's a parrot! :)
I'm sure she thinks she's a parrot! :)
You can start worrying when she shouts ‘Pieces of eight’ in your ear!
You can start worrying when she whispers 'I know what you done' in your ear!
Don't go giving her ideas :)
Lez wrote: "What an awful situation. Until I read your last post I was wondering about possible respite care for your dad for a couple of weeks, but it sounds as though it wouldn’t be suitable for his particul..."It's nothing new sadly, Lez Lee, it just gets too much some days - but today seems to be a much better day and the Sun is even out and shining here too ... x
Tech wrote: "You can start worrying when she whispers 'I know what you done' in your ear!"! ! ! ;oO
Grizzlygrump wrote: "... Now, all of a sudden, she has taken to jumping on my shoulder but not curling up, instead sitting bolt upright"Is she becoming intent on perfecting some kind of Mind over Matter Control?!! ;oO
Human, you will listen to the Purr and nothing else but the Purr! ... now walk towards the Kitchen Cupboard ... reach for the Tin of Tuna ... get the Can Opener out of the Drawer ... find my Bowl ... and FEED ME NOW!!!
;o>
Well, Rome wasn't built in a day, was it?And Phoebe is only just up to page four on 'How To Train Your Human' ;o>
I reckon a Cat has managed to hack into my Amazon Account? ;oOAll through Christmas and New Year now I've been repeatedly sent Email after Email full of Recommendations and Special Deals on Feline Products!
I have to admit that I was tempted enough to click on a couple of Items which probably hasn't helped to deter Amazon from thinking I might be interested in them ... but seriously? ... if you get sent something that mentions something as posh and as yummy-sounding as 'Gourmet Perle Chef's Country Collection in Gravy' would your first thought be that it was going to be a Cat Food?!! - LOL!!! ;o>
Okay, perhaps I should have sussed it by the 'in Gravy' bit - but still?!!
I have been trifled like I have never been trifled before!I am now completely totally and entirely replete with Trifle!
;o>
I told you Phoebe was getting nowhere with me! :)
Ohhh? - well that certainly explains everything now!!! ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
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And yes..had me sister down for a couple of days, which made a change, as it's normally just the two of us. But i'm happy it's done and dusted..all back to normal..again!